Pollution
Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit | George Monbiot
Perhaps our government imagines bulldog spirit will protect us from the dangerous substances that Europe rules unsafe, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot
18, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
A Florida neighborhood says an old factory made them sick. Now developers want to kick up toxic soil
Residents already hit with disease are fighting the multibillion-dollar corporation DR Horton, America’s largest homebuilder
Jordan Blumetti
17, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM
‘I’ll run until there’s no sea left’: the gas mask-wearing ultramarathoner circling the Salton Sea
The California landmark is shrinking, exposing a toxic lakebed that threatens neighbors. ‘Irondad’ is running 92 miles to highlight the crisis
Amanda Ulrich in Bombay Beach
17, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM
Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers
Party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills and lower fines
Sandra Laville and Alex Lawson
15, Mar, 2024 @3:49 PM
Water firms’ profits in England and Wales almost double since 2019, find Lib Dems
Party to call for measures to stop companies prioritising profit over environment at spring conference
Helena Horton Environment reporter
15, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM
Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested
Tom Perkins
14, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
NSW to double penalties for worst environmental crimes in wake of asbestos crisis
Planned overhaul of Environment Protection Authority’s powers to be biggest since it began in 1991, government says
Lisa Cox and Catie McLeod
13, Mar, 2024 @7:00 PM
‘I’ve seen solid waste float by’: Surrey riverside residents try to Stop the Poo
The sewage treatment works at Horley seem to be crumbling, much like owner Thames Water itself
Sandra Laville
12, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
Come clean on secret taxpayer rescue plans for Thames Water, MP demands
Exclusive: Sarah Olney to press in parliament for details of scheme being drawn up in event of supplier’s collapse
Sandra Laville
12, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground
The long read: The ocean’s depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way
James Bradley
12, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
Almost half of cane growers sceptical of science behind laws protecting Great Barrier Reef
Review found ongoing ‘mistrust’ among farmers, including many who remain unconvinced by need for pollution regulations
Ben Smee
11, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive
Ministers disappointed by decision of one of worst sewage dumpers not to join England-wide initiative
Jack Simpson
11, Mar, 2024 @6:01 AM
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